Abstract: An adhesive is disclosed for use in flexible circuitry, laminates and electrical products. The adhesive has improved flexibility and adhesive properties. It may be applied in solution form or may be cast as a free-standing film which is later heated and compressed to give adhesive properties. The adhesive comprises a phenol-aldehyde resin or other phenolic resin, an epoxy resin and an elastomer.

Abstract: The invention relates to electric insulation of polyolefin suitable for medium and high voltage from about 10 kV which resists the formation of so-called water trees. For this purpose, the insulation contains as an additive at least one alcoholate of magnesium, calcium or aluminum. The electric insulation according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in cables and wires.

Abstract: Composite of rubber and metal reinforcement where the rubber contains borate and a cross-linkable monomer. Cured composite is useful as component for rubber tires, industrial belts and hose.

Abstract: A laminated material is described, comprising (A) a layer composed mainly of polyolefin, (B) a layer composed mainly of one polymer material selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer saponified product, a polyamide resin, and a polyester resin, (C) a metal-vacuum deposited layer, and (D) a layer composed mainly of a transparent thermoplastic resin. This laminated material is superior in gas barrier properties, light-shielding properties, moisture resistance, etc. and is suitable for use in the production of, e.g., containers.

Abstract: Rubber compositions and metal-reinforced rubber ply members have improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention to brass and brass-plated metallic reinforcement. The improvement comprises admixing from about 0.5 to about 10.0 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of nickel molybdate, cobalt molybdate or a mixture thereof with a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to embedding the metallic reinforcement therein and curing. A method for improving the metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention between a vulcanizable rubber and brass or brass-plated metallic reinforcement includes the steps of dispersing from about 0.5 to about 10.0 phr of nickel molybdate, cobalt molybdate or a mixture thereof in a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to curing.

Abstract: A composition comprising at least one sulfur-vulcanizable rubber, this composition being intended to adhere to at least one metallic surface during the course of vulcanization, is characterized by the fact that it further comprises from 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of nickel, present in the form of nickel (II) acetylacetonate, per 100 parts by weight of rubber.

Abstract: Soft coated shaped polycarbonate articles exhibiting improved resistance of the polycarbonate substrate to degradation by the plasticizers contained in the relatively soft top coat comprised of, in combination:(i) a shaped polycarbonate substrate;(ii) a protective intermediate layer disposed on said polycarbonate substrate comprised of at least one ply of a resinous material exhibiting plasticizer barrier properties, thermoformability, heat resistance, and compartibility with the underlying polycarbonate; and(iii) a relatively soft plasticized top coat comprised of at least one resinous material disposed on said intermediate layer.The substrate, intermediate layer, and top coat are all bonded together by means of suitable adhesives.

Abstract: A plastic trim strip comprising an outer surface layer which is made of cellulose acetate butyrate having a thickness of from 0.3 to 0.8 millimeters, an inner surface reinforcing layer which is made of stainless steel or stainless bimetal having a thickness of from 0.1 to 0.5 millimeters and an intermediate layer which is located between the outer surface layer and the inner surface reinforcing layer to connect them and which is made of a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, acrylonitrile-ethylene-propylenediene rubber-styrene, acrylonitrile-acryl rubber-styrene, acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene, polycarbonate, polyphenyleneoxide, polyphenylenesulfide, and polyamide.

Abstract: A wear surface such as steel bridge deck surfaced with a wear-resistant overlay such as plastic tiles is disclosed in which the tiles are bonded to the deck by means of a bonding layer having preferably a shore 00 hardness of from approximately 78 to 90 and comprising an elastomer compounded with a stiffening filler in an amount equal to at least about half the weight of the elastomer. Low volatile liquid plasticizer is present in an amount to provide the stated hardness. The elastomer is preferably a mixture of acrylic elastomer and butyl elastomers, and the stiffening filler is a high abrasion furnace carbon black. The tiles are adhered to the layer with a solution coating comprising neoprene in admixture with a terpene-phenolic resin and the coating desirably includes a hydrophobic silica.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochromic display element having an electrochromic material layer and an ion-conductive material layer being in contact therewith, characterized in that said electrochromic layer comprises a transition metal oxide and said ion-conductive material layer comprises a light-transmissive organic polymeric resin and an inorganic ion-conductive material.

Abstract: A method of protecting surfaces of structural items from exposure to the elements, which includes forming first and second protective films upon the surface to be protected. The primary coating is an adherent-coherent film having a formulation including:1. Methylmethacrylate copolymer film formers2. A solvent system of toluene and 2-methoxyethanol3. Fillers, such as SiO.sub.24. Miscellaneous solvents.which is applied as a working film-forming solution and permitted to air dry. Thereafter, a secondary or top coating of an adherent-coherent film is applied over the surface of the primary coating, with the top coat or secondary coating having a formulation including:1. Thermoplastic Rubber2. Fillers, such as SiO.sub.2 and CaCO.sub.33. Tackifier4. Heat and Light Stabilizers5. Miscellaneous Solventsand applied in a working solution and permitted to air dry.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for conditioning the surfaces of natural and synthetic plastic materials for electroless plating of a metal coating thereon by exposing such materials to an atmosphere comprising ozone, contacting said exposed materials with a conditioning solvent, such as an aqueous solution of sodium, potassium or lithium hydroxide, and thereafter rinsing said contacted materials with an aqueous solution of one or more surfactants.

Abstract: A novel antistatic packaging material and method employing a F.sup.+ -impted electractive polymer are described. The implanted polymer contacts the surface of the substrate and conducts away any static charge that may exist upon the substrate.

Abstract: Graft polymers such as grafted polyacetylene and devices based on derivatives of these polymers are produced utilizing a specific process. The process includes the steps of polymerizing a monomer such as acetylene in the presence of a host polymer such as polyisoprene to produce a graft polymer. The use of a host polymer yields several desirable results. For example, when the graft polymerization is performed in the presence of a solvent for an appropriate host polymer, the entire graft polymer is solvated. The solvated graft polymer is then employable to produce films of polymers on a substrate which are in turn useful in structures such as devices.

Abstract: The sputtering on polyacetal article is improved by coating the article, before the sputtering step, with a primer solution of a chlorinated polyolefin in a chlorine-containing solvent in respect to adhesion between the article and the sputtering layer.

Abstract: Rubber compositions and metal-reinforced rubber ply members have improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention. The improvement comprises admixing from about 0.5 to about 10.0 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of bis(2-mercaptobenzothiazato) nickel with a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to combining the metal and rubber and then curing. A method for improving the metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention between a vulcanizable rubber and metal member includes the step of dispersing from about 0.5 to about 10.0 phr of nickel in a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to curing.

Abstract: Polymerizable compositions comprising monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, polyethylenically unsaturated monomer, a polymer soluble in the combination of monomers, and latent free-radical initiator provides good adhesion to substrates and durability. The composition is particularly useful in manufacturing video discs.

Abstract: A track segment for track vehicles composed of a metal plate or binocular part having at least one layer of an olefin or diolefin elastomer adhered thereto or covering said metal part and at least one or more layers of a polyurethane adhered to said elastomer, with at least an outer layer of polyurethane serving as part or all the ground contact or sole.

Abstract: A process and composition for adhering a rubber compound to a fluoroplastic and/or to metal. The invention contemplates the use of separate, sequentially applied adhesive layers to the fluoroplastic or metal substrate. The last applied layer, a rubber cement, allows the metal or fluoroplastic to be adhered to the uncured rubber compound which is subsequently vulcanized. The invention finds particular utility in securing a fluoroplastic and a rubber lining to steel or other metallic surfaces. A typical use is the lining of the interior of a railroad tank car, providing protection from corrosive or hostile environments experienced when the tank car is transporting acids or other caustic materials. Other uses include the lining of chemical process vessels and piping.

Abstract: A variety of coating resin latices may be deposited on metallic surfaces in the form of thin, pin hole-free polymer films from an alkaline latex comprising the coating latex, a cyanide salt and a water-soluble oxidizing agent. The coated substrates are resistant to fouling and to deposition of scale deposits when employed as heat transfer surfaces in cooling systems.

Abstract: A metal pipe melt-coated with a thermoplastic synthetic resin using an adhesive composition which contains as major components 5-50 parts by weight of an oil-soluble phenol resin, 5-60 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer and 5-50 parts by weight of a petroleum hydrocarbon compound having a mean molecular weight in the range of 50,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition based on non-polar organic polymers and crystalline zeolites in acid form of which the exchangeable ions are totally or partly substituted by H.sup.+ ions, the composition having strong adhesion to metals, the invention also relating to composite objects obtainable therefrom.

Abstract: Encapsulating compositions for inductive devices have a polybutadiene base, predominate in trans-1,4 polybutadiene, and include cis-1,4 polybutadiene and vinyl-1,2 polybutadiene, together with an initiator, an inhibitor and a co-agent for improving the curing of the composition. The compositions are usable at higher temperatures, based on a conditioning of the composition during cure at or near the projected use temperature. When combined with high temperature conductor insulation coatings, such as polyimides, a high temperature soft cure encapsulation is achieved from which an inductive device may be liberated without damage to the device.

Abstract: Composite structures comprising one or more substrates and an adhesive blend adhered thereto. The blend is strongly adhesive to various substrates and especially to various polar substrates. The blend comprises a blend of a graft copolymer of a linear low density polyethylene backbone grafted with at least one grafting monomer which is one or more polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, blended with a polyolefin blending resin. The disclosure also includes methods of adhering the blend to one or more substrates.

Abstract: Coating composition for protecting bodies immersed in sea water, comprising(a): a sub-layer of chlorinated natural rubber, and(b): an external layer comprising a polymer with amide groups.An intermediate layer can be provided, said layer consisting of a modified chlorinated natural rubber.

Abstract: A compound molding, suitable for use on automotive vehicle bodies, comprises a surface layer portion made of a hard resin, an intermediate layer made of a resin, a central metal portion, and a protective portion made of a soft vinyl chloride resin at least at one edge portion of the molding where the molding contacts the vehicle body or window glass.

Abstract: A precast concrete structural unit is provided including a concrete sub-unit and a plastic resinous sheet. The sheet is adhered to the sub-unit at the time of pouring the concrete, utilizing a polychloroprene contact adhesive. The structural unit may further include adhesive coated reinforcement. Among the concrete structural units which are provided is a burial vault including concrete wall portions and a plastic resinous liner. The liner is adhered to the wall portions, at the time of pouring the concrete, utilizing the polychloroprene contact adhesive. The vault may also include adhesive coated reinforcement. The polychloroprene contact adhesive is essentially a blended aqueous latex comprising hydrophilic chloroprene copolymer latex particles and emulsified or dispersed hydrocarbon resin tackifier particles.

Abstract: A disposable lid for pans, pots and other receptacles, particularly advantageous for use in ovens, comprising a plurality of layers of flexible material the outer of which is a foil and the inner of which is a thin film of plastic, known as a food service film, having the property to per se releasably attach to the surface of an article on a light pressured contact therewith. The lid is simply created by bringing sheets of the respective materials of its plurality of layers to a superposed contacting relation and applying thereto a relatively light pressure and tension causing the facing surfaces of such sheets to substantially coextensively contact and attach under conditions of ambient temperature and without application of intervening adhesive material.

Abstract: An unsaturated ionic dimer of chromic acid with monoethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a single amine group is disclosed which can be incorporated into liquid coating compositions containing ultraviolet-curable polyethylenically unsaturated material. On curing, the ionic dimer increases the corrosion resistance of the photocured coatings, and is especially useful as a basecoat over thermoplastic molded objects which are coated with a metallic film.

Abstract: An ABS resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an ABS resin having a melt index of at least 4.0 g/10 min. and a rubber content of from 10 to 28% by weight and from 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of powder of at least one metal selected from aluminum, copper and an copper alloy.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for coating rusted matallic surfaces which comprises (a) removing loose rust particles by superficial surface treatment, (b) applying a coating containing about 55-95% by weight of an aliphatic(meth)acrylic monomer having at least two sites of polymerizable unsaturation and having a 25.degree. C. vapor pressure of no greater than about 0.5 mmHg and a 25.degree. C. viscosity in the range of about 3 cps to about 100 cps, about 0.5-5.0% by weight of a peroxide curing system and about 5.0-35.0% by weight of a drying oil-based oxygen scavenger system, and (c) allowing the coating to cure under ambient conditions.

Abstract: An extruded AES film in which the AES contains 15-30% rubber having a thickness of 1 to 10 mils, and a laminate of such film to another material, such as a metallic or cellulosic base.

Abstract: This invention provides a graft copolymer of at least one acrylic monomer and chlorinated natural or synthetic rubber, in which at least about 8 percent of the total weight of said graft copolymer is derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or both. It also provides aqueous dispersions of such graft copolymers and coating compositions containing them.

Abstract: Acid cured, polymer protective layers are bonded to metal or cement surfaces using a primer coating of an acid stable, thermoplastic elastomer such as a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene.

Abstract: Rubber compositions and metal-reinforced rubber ply members have improved metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention to brass and brass-plated metallic reinforcement. The improvement comprises admixing from about 0.5 to about 12.5 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of an organic salt of nickel and at least about 3.0 phr of a thermoplastic resin derived from crude wood rosin containing carboxylic acid groups or carboxylic acid ester groups with a vulcanizable rubber composition prior to embedding the metallic reinforcement therein and curing. A method for improving the metal adhesion and metal adhesion retention between a vulcanizable rubber and brass or brass-plated metallic reinforcement includes the steps of dispersing from about 0.5 to about 12.5 phr of an organic salt of nickel in a vulcanizable rubber composition and dispersing at least about 3.0 phr of the aforementioned thermoplastic resin in the same rubber composition prior to curing.

Abstract: A rubber composition for use in annular packer elements for blowout preventers is provided which comprises from about 45 to about 55 weight percent of an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer; from about 10 to about 15 weight percent of a first admixture further comprising a major amount of colloidal silica and minor effective amounts of coupling agent, curative, lubricant, dispersant, activator and antiscorching agent; from about 30 to about 40 weight percent of a second admixture further comprising a major amount of carbon black and minor effective amounts of a plasticizer, antioxidant and antiozonant; and minor effective amounts of tetraethyl thiuram disulfide and benzothiazyl disulfide.

Abstract: A heat-activated pressure-sensitive adhesive which comprises an aqueous emulsion of finely divided solids comprising a rubber polymer, a resin and a plasticizer, which optionally contains urea, a urea-compound and/or a polyhydroxy compound in the aqueous phase. Substrates such as plastic film, metal foil and cigarette paper may be effectively bonded.

Abstract: A printable release coating composition having a combination of properties of good release, good ink retention, good adhesion, good tack and no backsize splitting is prepared having three essential components; (1) vinylidene chloride-acrylonitrile copolymer, (2) a polymer selected from vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol terpolymer, vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer and solvent soluble copolyester, and (3) vinyl ester-alkyl maleate copolymer.

Abstract: A primer composition for use in the fluidized-bed dip-coating of thermoplastic resin powder, comprising a polymeric compound formed by polymerization of a diene compound, admixed with either magnesium oxide alone or magnesium oxide together with cobalt ion and/or manganese ion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing compound for can ends excellent in the adaptability to the lining operation, which comprises an aqueous latex of a styrene-butadiene rubber, a tackifier and a filler, wherein said latex contains styrene-butadiene rubber particles having a number average particle size of from 1600 to 3000 A, which are stabilized by an emulsifier or a dispersant.

Abstract: A steel bridge deck surfaced with plastic tiles is disclosed in which the tiles are bonded to the deck by means of a bonding layer having a Shore 00 hardness of from 78 to 90 and comprising an elastomer compounded with a stiffening filler in an amount equal to at least half the weight of the elastomer. Low volatile liquid plasticizer is present in an amount to provide the stated hardness. The elastomer is preferably a mixture of acrylic elastomer and butyl elastomers, and the stiffening filler is a high abrasion furnace carbon black. The tiles are adhered to the layer with a solution coating comprising neoprene in admixture with a terpene-phenolic resin and the coating desirably includes a hydrophobic silica. The layer is adhered to the steel deck with a butyl-based solution coating containing a corrosion-resistant pigment in combination with zinc oxide.

Abstract: In a laminated multilayer structure composed of (A) a layer of a graft-modified ethylene resin grafted with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a functional derivative thereof and (B) an oxygen- or nitrogen-containing polar resin layer or a metal layer in contact with the layer (A); the improvement wherein (1) the layer (A) consists of (i) 1 to 100% by weight of said graft-modified ethylene resin derived from an ethylene polymer which contains 0 to 15 mole % of at least one alpha-olefin having 3 to 30 carbon atoms as a comonomer and has an MI.sub.2 /[.eta.].sup.-8.77 ratio in absolute value of not less than 15 and a density of 0.88 to 0.98 g/cm.sup.3, and (ii) 99 to 0% by weight of an unmodified ethylene polymer containing 0 to 50 mole % of at least one alpha-olefin having 3 to 30 carbon atoms as a comonomer and having an MI.sub.2 /[.eta.].sup.-8.77 ratio in absolute value of not less than 15 and a density of 0.86 to 0.96 g/cm.sup.

Abstract: A substrate of either metal or plastic which is coated with a crater resistant enamel coating composition is used for the exterior of trucks and automobiles; the binder of the coating composition is a blend of(A) an acrylic polymer having hydroxy groups and contains about 0.1-10% by weight of a polymerized perfluoro carbon constituent of the formula ##STR1## where R is H or CH.sub.3, R.sup.1 is alkyl, R.sup.2 is perfluoro alkyl and n is 0 or 1 and(B) an aminoplast crosslinking agent such as an alkylated melamine formaldehyde resin;The composition is applied and baked by conventional techniques, to form a finish on the substrate that has an excellent appearance.

Abstract: A data recording sheet in which data signals are stored in a polarizable macromolecular material sheet layer with polarization different locally in the direction of the surfaces of said sheet layer. The sheet layer causes pyroelectric or piezo-electric polarization through polarization operation, and the data signals thus stored are reproduced in a pyroelectric or piezo-electric mode. The polarizable macromolecular material sheet layer is laminated through a thin intermediate electrode layer on a macromolecular substrate layer whose Young's modulus is greater than that of the sheet layer.

Abstract: A method of protecting submerged articles from fouling by applying a surface pellicle of a coating substance containing an anti-fouling amount of an organo metallic composition comprising a main chain consisting of a chlorinated polymer of a conjugated diene monomer such, for example, as a chlorinated polybutadiene of high 1, 2 units content, and at least one grafted chain formed at least partly of recurrent units having a pendant organotin group or tin salt function.

Abstract: An anticorrosive coating composition comprising (i) an aqueous medium, and dispersed therein, (ii) a water-soluble, film-forming and crosslinkable resin having a hydroxyl group and a proton-free onium salt radical and (iii) a chelate compound of titanium or zirconium.

Abstract: A composite comprising a steel cords-covering rubber composition and a rubber composition which is contiguous thereto and contains a thiazole type vulcanization accelerator, at least one of these rubber compositions containing a m-cresol resin whereby they can be cured without decreasing the resulting strength of bond therebetween even after they have been left uncured in contact with each other for a considerable time.

Abstract: Chlorinated polymers are employed within flexible wire insulation coatings to improve the insulation properties of the coating and to increase the coating's discoloration resistance.

Abstract: Complex compositions that comprise a cation guest and a polymer host are provided. The polymer host contains one or more cation-complexing segments that contain hetero atoms in a polydentate complexing array. At least two of the hetero atoms in the cation complexing segment comprise a cyclic ether selected from tetrahydrofuran 2,5-diyl units and tetrahydropyran 2,6-diyl units.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition having a high level of impact resistance and high temperature flow resistance comprising 30 to 90 weight percent resin containing greater than 50 to less than 75 weight percent of polyolefin and greater than 25 to less than 50 weight percent elastomer, and 10 to 70 weight percent filler.